/// <summary>
/// Authenticates the user based on his or her password.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the user authenticates correctly</returns>
public bool Authenticate()
{
if (this.Password == null || this.EncodedPassword == null)
{
throw new HttpRequestException("The authentication can only be performed when both the encoded and the unencoded passwords are known.");
}
return(Encoder.AuthenticateUser(this));
}
protected Boolean AuthenticateUser(string uname, string password)
{
try
{
// Query for the person with a username similar to the users input
Encoder encoder = new Encoder();
if (encoder.AuthenticateUser(uname, password))
{
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lbMessages.Text = ex.Message;
return(false);
}
}